Robaïyat de Omar Khayyam

BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD 1385
1. Bibliographic data
Author
Khayyam, Omar, ca. 1048-1131
Title
Robaïyat de Omar Khayyam
Statement of responsibility
Traduction de Franz Toussaint; illustré et décoré par Paul Zenker
Place of publication
Paris
Publisher
L’Édition d’Art H. Piazza
Printer
Ducros et Colas
Date
1925
Imprint (isbd)
Paris: L’Édition d’Art H. Piazza, 1925
Original language
Persian
Language
French
Translator
Franz Toussaint
Edition/tirage
Limited edition; 30 numbered copies on Japon paper with original watercolour and 150 numbered copies on Japon paper
2. Physical description
Collation
Approximately 80 pages
Illustrations
Colour illustrations of oriental inspiration; full-page decorative plates
Maps
None
Format
Large octavo approx.
Dimensions
Approximately 25 cm
Paper type
Artistic Japon paper; laid/fibrous ivory-toned paper
Watermarks
No visible watermarks observed in the supplied images
Printing condition
High-quality typographic printing; art déco/orientalist ornamental composition; black, blue and gilt inks; excellent stamped definition
3. Binding
Binding type
Decorated publisher’s binding
Colours
Gilt, ochre and black
Decoration
Covers with stamped oriental vegetal decoration; complete art déco composition
Spine
Decorated spine with vegetal motifs and title stamped in black
Endpapers
Decorative grey-blue artistic paper endpapers
Edges
Ungilt edges
4. Content
Content description
French poetic translation of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam by Franz Toussaint; illustrated and decorated edition by Paul Zenker with ornamental composition inspired by Persian manuscripts and French interwar orientalist aesthetics; includes table of illustrations and colour plates protected by printed tissue guards
5. General notes
Note 1
Artistic edition published by L’Édition d’Art H. Piazza
Note 2
Copy printed on 10 April 1925 by Ducros et Colas, Paris
Note 3
Preserves tissue guards protecting the illustrations
Note 4
Illustrations display Persian-inspired orientalist and art déco composition
Note 5
Limited tirage on Japon paper stated in the colophon
Note 6
Decorative publisher’s binding preserved in very good condition
6. Subjects
Main subject
Persian literature
Subsubjects
Oriental poetry; Rubaiyat; French illustrated book; art déco; orientalism; bibliophily; French illustration; deluxe editions
7. Copy record
Shelfmark
1385
Condition
Very good overall condition; clean interior; complete illustrations; preserved tissue guards; well-preserved gilt and stamped decoration; very slight wear at extremities
Provenance
Library of Alfred Gallart i Genis
Copy notes
Copy belonging to the Japon paper tirage; preserves the original decorated publisher’s binding and complete colour plates